Aprilia’s 2023 MotoGP form nothing to do with «bad luck»
Aprilia has only scored 99 points from the first seven rounds of the 2023 season and has racked up just one podium, courtesy of Maverick Vinales’ second at the Portuguese Grand Prix. At the same stage in 2022, Aprilia had won a race and three other podiums, but with its points haul also standing at […]
Marc Marquez returns for Dutch GP after «bruising» German MotoGP round
The Honda rider withdrew from the German GP having crashed five times at the Sachsenring, the final of his accidents resulting in him suffering a small fracture in his hand. But he will make his return at this weekend’s round in Assen with the hopes of «putting the hard weekend in Germany behind me» after […]
Why a MotoGP divorce is now the only option for Marquez and Honda
Germany was presented as the best possible barometer to gauge the health of the Marc Marquez/Honda partnership. It was once virtually unbeatable, taking six MotoGP crowns out of seven between 2013 and 2019. But the conclusion drawn from last weekend’s visit to the Sachsenring, where previously he had nothing but victories, is that the best […]
Mir out of MotoGP Dutch GP with hand injury, replaced by Lecuona
The 2020 world champion crashed during the second practice session of the Italian GP weekend and fractured the little finger on his right hand. He withdrew from the remainder of the Italian GP with the hopes of being fit enough to race at the Sachsenring, but was unable to participate and was not replaced. In […]
10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP German GP
Jorge Martin announced himself as a true MotoGP title threat with a double victory at the German Grand Prix. The Pramac Ducati rider went without a grand prix victory since the 2021 Styrian GP, but finally took a full 25 points after beating Francesco Bagnaia in a thrilling scrap. A win in the sprint meant […]
Zarco «almost crashed» in Germany MotoGP thinking about leaders falling
Zarco found himself in third in Sunday’s 30-lap grand prix at the Sachsenring after KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out on lap 19. Too far away from the leading duo of Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia to catch them, Zarco had managed to grow the gap to the chasing VR46 Ducatis behind him. At Turn 1 […]
Nakagami was «scared» by Marquez’s Germany MotoGP warm-up crash
Marquez endured a miserable weekend at the Sachsenring in which he crashed five times, the last one leaving him with a small fracture on his thumb. The eight-time world champion ultimately withdrew from Sunday’s race, leaving Nakagami as the only Honda rider on the grid. Following Marquez at the time he crashed in Sunday’s warm-up […]
Martin’s German GP win «emotional» after 2022 MotoGP struggles
Martin was a winner in his maiden season in MotoGP in 2021 and was expected to add to this in 2022 with the Pramac Ducati team. But the 2022-spec Ducati he was on wasn’t as competitive as the factory team version, which ran a slightly older engine owing to the latest version being too aggressive. […]
Marquez should be congratulated amid MotoGP crashes
Marquez withdrew from Sunday’s German Grand Prix after suffering his fifth crash of the weekend in the warm-up session. The crash left him with a small fracture on his thumb, though he was declared fit to race by the MotoGP medical team. Marquez missed three rounds through injury after a crash in Portugal and has […]